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- the present disclosure relates to a vehicle stability control device that performs vehicle stability control in consideration of tire wear.
- Vehicle stability control is a function to suppress sideslip and spin to stabilize vehicle behavior during a turn of a vehicle. More specifically, a target yaw rate is calculated according to a vehicle speed and a steering angle. Meanwhile, an actual yaw rate is detected by a yaw rate sensor. An understeer tendency or an oversteer tendency is detected based on a deviation between the target yaw rate and the actual yaw rate. When the understeer tendency or the oversteer tendency exceeds a certain level, the vehicle stability control is activated. In the vehicle stability control, a braking force and/or a driving force of each wheel is appropriately controlled in order to stabilize the vehicle behavior.
- Patent Literature 1 discloses a wear state detection device that detects a wear state of a tire.
- the wear state detection device calculates a vehicle speed, a vehicle acceleration, and a slip ratio of each tire, based on a rotational speed of each tire. Subsequently, the wear state detection device calculates a linear regression coefficient and a correlation coefficient between the vehicle acceleration and the slip ratio. Furthermore, the wear state detection device accumulates the linear regression coefficient when the correlation coefficient is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, and calculates an average value of a predetermined number of accumulated linear regression coefficients. Then, the wear state detection device detects the wear state of the tire based on the calculated average value of the linear regression coefficient.
- Patent Literature 2 discloses a method that estimates a tire radius of a vehicle during traveling and detects a wear state of the tire based on the estimated tire radius. According to the method, an absolute velocity of the vehicle is calculated by the use of a GPS (Global Positioning System) mounted on the vehicle. Then, the tire radius is calculated based on the absolute velocity of the vehicle and a rotation angular velocity of the tire.
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- a front side is heavier than a rear side, and thus a front tire wears faster than a rear tire.
- cornering power of the front tire relatively decreases, and thus a steering characteristic of the vehicle shifts to an understeer side.
- an equation for calculating the target yaw rate is defined based on the steering characteristic in an initial state before the tire wears. Therefore, when the front tire wears faster than the rear tire, the calculated target yaw rate deviates from an actual steering characteristic and becomes higher than an actual yaw rate. As a result, the vehicle stability control is possibly activated unnecessarily early. In other words, there is a possibility that the vehicle stability control is activated unnecessarily, although the vehicle stability control is actually unnecessary. This causes decrease in confidence in the vehicle stability control, which is not preferable.
- An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique that can suppress unnecessary early activation of the vehicle stability control caused by the front tire wearing faster than the rear tire.
- a first disclosure provides a vehicle stability control device mounted on a vehicle in which a front tire wears faster than a rear tire.
- the vehicle stability control device includes a control device configured to perform vehicle stability control processing and wear coping processing.
- the vehicle stability control processing includes:
- An equation for calculating the target yaw rate includes a stability factor of the vehicle as a parameter.
- the calculated target yaw rate becomes lower as the stability factor becomes larger.
- the wear coping processing includes:
- wear degree calculation processing that calculates a wear degree parameter being wear degree of the front tire or a difference in wear degree between the front tire and the rear tire
- stability factor correction processing that corrects the stability factor to be larger than a default setting value, when the wear degree parameter exceeds a wear threshold.
- a second disclosure further has the following feature in addition to the first disclosure.
- the control device gradually increases the stability factor as the wear degree parameter becomes larger than the wear threshold.
- a third disclosure further has the following feature in addition to the first disclosure.
- the control device increases the stability factor in a stepwise fashion as the wear degree parameter becomes larger than the wear threshold.
- a fourth disclosure further has the following feature in addition to any one of the first to third disclosures.
- the wear degree calculation processing includes:
- a fifth disclosure further has the following feature in addition to any one of the first to third disclosures.
- the wear degree calculation processing includes:
- the wear degree parameter representing the difference in the wear degree between the front tire and the rear tire, wherein the wear degree of the front tire is an amount of change in the front tire coefficient from the initial front tire coefficient, and the wear degree of the rear tire is an amount of change in the rear tire coefficient from the initial rear tire coefficient.
- the calculated target yaw rate deviates from the actual steering characteristic and becomes higher than the actual yaw rate, which causes the unnecessary early activation of the vehicle stability control.
- the wear degree parameter exceeds the wear threshold, the stability factor included in the equation for calculating the target yaw rate is corrected to be larger than the default setting value. Accordingly, the calculated target yaw rate becomes lower, and thus the deviation between the calculated target yaw rate and the actual steering characteristic is reduced. As a result, the unnecessary early activation of the vehicle stability control is suppressed.
- FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an influence of tire wear on a steering characteristic of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a relationship between a wear degree parameter, a target yaw rate, and an actual yaw rate;
- FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram for explaining activation of vehicle stability control
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram for explaining dependence of tire characteristics on wear degree
- FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram for explaining dependence of tire characteristics on a tire type
- FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an effect of stability factor correction processing in wear coping processing according to the embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a relationship between the wear degree parameter and a stability factor in the embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing another example of a relationship between the wear degree parameter and the stability factor in the embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration example of a vehicle stability control device according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing a first example of the wear coping processing according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing a second example of the wear coping processing according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing a third example of the wear coping processing according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing a fourth example of the wear coping processing according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an influence of tire wear on a steering characteristic (turning performance) of a vehicle 1 according to the present embodiment.
- the vehicle 1 has tires 10 .
- the tires 10 include a front tire 10 F on a front side and a rear tire 10 R on a rear side.
- the front side is heavier than the rear side, and thus the front tire 10 F wears faster than the rear tire 10 R.
- cornering power of the front tire 10 F relatively decreases, and thus the steering characteristic of the vehicle 1 shifts to an understeer side.
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- the vehicle stability control is a function to suppress sideslip and spin to stabilize vehicle behavior during a turn of the vehicle 1 . More specifically, a target yaw rate Yr_st is calculated according to a vehicle speed and a steering angle. Meanwhile, an actual yaw rate Yr is detected by a yaw rate sensor. A difference between the target yaw rate Yr_st and the actual yaw rate Yr is a yaw rate deviation ⁇ Yr 1 . Based on the yaw rate deviation ⁇ Yr 1 , an understeer tendency or an oversteer tendency is detected.
- the vehicle stability control is activated.
- a braking force and/or a driving force of each wheel is appropriately controlled in order to stabilize the vehicle behavior.
- an equation for calculating the target yaw rate Yr_st is defined based on the steering characteristic in an initial state before the tire 10 wears.
- the equation for calculating the target yaw rate Yr_st is defined under a condition that the front tire 10 F and the rear tire 10 R have the same characteristics. Therefore, when the front tire 10 F wears faster than the rear tire 10 R, the calculated target yaw rate Yr_st deviates from an actual steering characteristic. More specifically, since the actual steering characteristic shifts to the understeer side as shown in FIG. 1 , the target yaw rate Yr_st becomes higher than the actual yaw rate Yr reflecting the actual steering characteristic.
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a relationship between a wear degree parameter WP, the target yaw rate Yr_st, and the actual yaw rate Yr.
- the “wear degree parameter WP” is a parameter reflecting a difference in wear degree between the front tire 10 F and the rear tire 10 R.
- the wear degree of the front tire 10 F is hereinafter referred to as “front wear degree Wf”.
- the wear degree of the rear tire 10 R is hereinafter referred to as “rear wear degree Wr”. Since the front tire 10 F wears faster than the rear tire 10 R, the front wear degree Wf becomes higher than the rear wear degree Wr (Wf>Wr).
- the target yaw rate Yr_st is calculated under a constant calculation condition (vehicle speed and steering angle).
- the calculated target yaw rate Yr_st is constant regardless of the wear degree parameter WP.
- the target yaw rate Yr_st is consistent with the actual yaw rate Yr.
- the vehicle stability control is possibly activated unnecessarily early. In other words, there is a possibility that the vehicle stability control is activated unnecessarily, although the vehicle stability control is actually unnecessary. This causes decrease in confidence in the vehicle stability control, which is not preferable.
- “wear coping processing” is performed in order to suppress the unnecessary early activation of the vehicle stability control.
- the wear degree parameter WP is calculated (estimated) and monitored.
- the equation for calculating the target yaw rate Yr_st is corrected such that the deviation between the calculated target yaw rate Yr_st and the actual steering characteristic is reduced. It is thus possible to suppress the unnecessary early activation of the vehicle stability control caused by the front tire 10 F wearing faster than the rear tire 10 R.
- the target yaw rate Yr_st and the yaw rate deviation ⁇ Yr 1 are expressed by the following equations (1) and (2), respectively.
- V is the vehicle speed
- St is the steering angle
- n is a steering gear ratio
- 1 is a wheelbase
- Kh is a stability factor.
- the stability factor Kh is a parameter representing the steering characteristic of the vehicle 1 and is preset.
- An equivalent steering angle DV equivalent to the yaw rate deviation ⁇ Yr 1 is expressed by the following equation (3).
- a sign of each of the steering angle St and the yaw rate differs depending on whether a turning direction is left or right. Multiplying the equivalent steering angle DV by the sign gives a “drift state”. When the drift state is a positive value, it means the understeer tendency. On the other hand, when the drift state is a negative value, it means the oversteer tendency. In the present embodiment, we focus particularly on the case where the drift state is a positive value. In that sense, the drift state is hereinafter referred to as “understeer degree DUS” indicating strength of the understeer tendency.
- the understeer degree DUS increases as the target yaw rate Yr_st becomes higher than the actual yaw rate Yr, that is, the yaw rate deviation ⁇ Yr 1 becomes larger.
- FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram for explaining activation of the vehicle stability control.
- a vertical axis represents the understeer degree DUS, and a horizontal axis represents a lateral acceleration Gy.
- the understeer degree DUS increases as the lateral acceleration Gy becomes higher.
- an activation threshold DUSth the vehicle stability control is activated.
- the braking force and/or the driving force of each wheel is appropriately controlled in order to stabilize the vehicle behavior.
- the lateral acceleration Gy at the time when the vehicle stability control is activated is denoted by an activation point PA.
- the activation point PA in the initial state before the tire 10 wears is an initial activation point PA 0 .
- the wear degree parameter WP increases, the activation point PA becomes earlier than the initial activation point PA 0 . The reason is as follows.
- the above equation (1) for calculating the target yaw rate Yr_st includes, as a parameter, the stability factor Kh representing the steering characteristic of the vehicle 1 .
- the stability factor Kh is initially set so as to reflect the steering characteristic in the initial state.
- the setting value of the stability factor Kh in the initial state is hereinafter referred to as a “default setting value Kh 0 ”.
- the stability factor Kh is fixed to the default setting value Kh 0 .
- the wear degree parameter WP increases, the actual steering characteristic shifts to the understeer side (see FIG. 1 ), and an actual stability factor Kh′ corresponding to the actual steering characteristic becomes larger than the default setting value Kh 0 .
- the target yaw rate Yr_st calculated by the use of the default setting value Kh 0 becomes higher than the actual yaw rate Yr, and thus the yaw rate deviation ⁇ Yr 1 increases (see FIG. 2 ).
- the understeer degree DUS also increases and thus the vehicle stability control becomes more easily activated. This is the unnecessary early activation of the vehicle stability control shown in FIG. 3 . In particular, it is not preferable that the activation point PA becomes earlier than an acceptable activation line.
- the wear coping processing is performed in order to suppress the unnecessary early activation of the vehicle stability control.
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram for explaining dependence of tire characteristics on the wear degree.
- a horizontal axis represents a slip ratio S of a certain tire 10
- a vertical axis represents a vehicle acceleration A being an acceleration of the vehicle 1 .
- the vehicle acceleration A is almost proportional to the slip ratio S.
- a slope of a line representing the relationship between the slip ratio S and the vehicle acceleration A is hereinafter referred to as a “tire coefficient”.
- the tire coefficient has wear degree dependence. More specifically, the tire coefficient becomes larger as the wear degree of the tire 10 increases. Therefore, it is possible to estimate the wear degree of the tire 10 based on a relative change in the tire coefficient from the initial state.
- Calculation of the front wear degree Wf is as follows. A slope of a line representing a relationship between a slip ratio Sf of the front tire 10 F and the vehicle acceleration A is calculated as a “front tire coefficient Kf”.
- the front tire coefficient Kf in the initial state that is, an initial value of the front tire coefficient Kf is an “initial front tire coefficient KfM”.
- an amount of change in the front tire coefficient Kf from the initial front tire coefficient KIM is calculated as the front wear degree Wf.
- Calculation of the rear wear degree Wr is as follows. A slope of a line representing a relationship between a slip ratio Sr of the rear tire 10 R and the vehicle acceleration A is calculated as a “rear tire coefficient Kr”.
- the rear tire coefficient Kr in the initial state that is, an initial value of the rear tire coefficient Kr is an “initial rear tire coefficient KrM”.
- an amount of change in the rear tire coefficient Kr from the initial rear tire coefficient KrM is calculated as the rear wear degree Wr.
- the wear degree is calculated based on the amount of relative change in the tire coefficient from the initial value.
- Patent Literature 1 Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2002-2215257
- the wear degree is estimated by referring only to magnitude of the tire coefficient.
- the magnitude of the tire coefficient depends not only on the wear degree but also on a tire type. Therefore, the magnitude of the tire coefficient does not necessarily accurately reflect the wear degree. It is not possible to accurately estimate the wear degree only from the magnitude of the tire coefficient.
- the method according to the present embodiment can estimate the wear degree with high accuracy, regardless of the tire type.
- the wear degree parameter WP increases, the actual stability factor Kh deviates from the default setting value Kh 0 . Such the deviation causes the unnecessary early activation of the vehicle stability control (see FIG. 3 ). Therefore, correction of the stability factor Kh is performed when the wear degree parameter WP obtained by the above-described wear degree calculation processing exceeds the wear threshold Wth. More specifically, the stability factor Kh is corrected to be larger than the default setting value Kh 0 so as to be closer to the actual steering characteristic as much as possible. Although the stability factor Kh is generally fixed to the default setting value Kh 0 , the setting value of the stability factor Kh according to the present embodiment is corrected as appropriate.
- FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an effect of the stability factor correction processing.
- the format of FIG. 6 is the same as the foregoing FIG. 3 .
- the stability factor Kh becomes larger, the target yaw rate Yr_st calculated by the above equation (1) becomes lower.
- the yaw rate deviation ⁇ Yr 1 decreases and thus the understeer degree DUS decreases as well.
- the activation point PA becomes later. That is, it is possible to suppress the unnecessary early activation of the vehicle stability control.
- FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a relationship between the wear degree parameter WP and the stability factor Kh in the present embodiment.
- the stability factor Kh in the initial state is the default setting value Kh 0 .
- the wear degree parameter WP is equal to or less than the wear threshold Wth
- the stability factor Kh remains the default setting value Kh 0 .
- the wear degree parameter WP exceeds the wear threshold Wth, the stability factor Kh is corrected to a value larger than the default setting value Kh 0 .
- a dashed line in FIG. 7 indicates a stability factor Kh′ corresponding to the actual steering characteristic.
- the stability factor Kh′ corresponding to the actual steering characteristic increases as the wear degree parameter WP increases. It can be said that the stability factor correction processing according to the present embodiment brings the stability factor Kh closer to Kh′.
- the stability factor Kh gradually increases as the wear degree parameter WP becomes larger than the wear threshold Wth. It is thus possible to make the stability factor Kh follow Kh′. It is also possible to expand the follow-up section by decreasing the wear threshold Wth. By making the stability factor Kh follow Kh′, it is possible to effectively reduce the influence of the tire wear on the vehicle stability control.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration example of a vehicle stability control device 100 according to the present embodiment.
- the vehicle stability control device 100 is mounted on the vehicle 1 and performs the vehicle stability control processing and the wear coping processing described above.
- the vehicle stability control device 100 is provided with a control device 110 , a memory device 120 , a driving device 130 , a braking device 140 , and a sensor group 150 .
- the control device 110 controls travel of the vehicle 1 .
- the control device 110 is a microcomputer including a processor and the memory device 120 .
- the control device 110 is also called an ECU (Electronic Control Unit).
- a control program is stored in the memory device 120 .
- a variety of processing by the control device 110 is achieved by the processor executing the control program stored in the memory device 120 .
- the variety of processing by the control device 110 includes the vehicle stability control processing and the wear coping processing described above.
- a variety of parameters used for the processing by the control device 110 also is stored in the memory device 120 .
- the setting value of the stability factor Kh also is stored in the memory device 120 .
- the setting value of the stability factor Kh in the initial state is the default setting value Kh 0 .
- the control device 110 reads the setting value of the stability factor Kh from the memory device 120 and uses it.
- the control device 110 updates the stability factor Kh stored in the memory device 120 as appropriate.
- the driving device 130 applies the driving force to each tire 10 (wheel).
- the driving device 130 is exemplified by an engine, an electric motor, an in-wheel motor, and so forth.
- the braking device 140 applies the braking force to each tire 10 .
- the braking device 140 includes a brake actuator and is capable of independently controlling the braking force with respect to each tire 10 .
- the sensor group 150 detects a travel state of the vehicle 1 .
- the sensor group 150 includes a wheel speed sensor 151 , a vehicle speed sensor 152 , a steering angle sensor 153 , a yaw rate sensor 154 , and a lateral acceleration sensor 155 .
- the wheel speed sensor 151 is provided to each wheel and detects a wheel speed Vw of each wheel.
- the vehicle speed sensor 152 detects the vehicle speed V.
- the steering angle sensor 153 detects the steering angle St.
- the yaw rate sensor 154 detects the actual yaw rate Yr.
- the lateral acceleration sensor 155 detects the lateral acceleration Gy.
- the sensor group 150 transmits the detected information to the control device 110 .
- the control device 110 performs the vehicle stability control processing. More specifically, the control device 110 calculates the target yaw rate Yr_st. As shown in the above equation (1), the target yaw rate Yr_st is given as a function of the vehicle speed V and the steering angle St.
- the vehicle speed V is detected by the vehicle speed sensor 152 . Alternatively, the vehicle speed V may be calculated from the wheel speed Vw of each wheel detected by the wheel speed sensor 151 .
- the steering angle St is detected by the steering angle sensor 153 .
- the setting value of the stability factor Kh is stored in the memory device 120 .
- the control device 110 reads the setting value of the stability factor Kh from the memory device 120 and uses it.
- control device 110 calculates the understeer degree DUS (see the above equations (2) and (3)).
- the actual yaw rate Yr is detected by the yaw rate sensor 154 .
- the understeer degree DUS increases as the target yaw rate Yr_st becomes larger than the actual yaw rate Yr.
- the control device 110 activates the vehicle stability control.
- the control device 110 controls at least one of the braking force and the driving force of each wheel to stabilize the vehicle behavior. Control of the braking force is performed through the braking device 140 . Control of the driving force is performed through the driving device 130 .
- the vehicle stability control is a publicly-known technique and a detailed description thereof is omitted here.
- the control device 110 performs the wear coping processing. More specifically, the control device 110 performs the wear degree calculation processing that calculates the wear degree parameter WP.
- the control device 110 calculates each wear degree based on the tire coefficient.
- the tire coefficient is the slope of the line representing the relationship between the slip ratio S of the tire 10 and the vehicle acceleration A.
- the slip ratio S is calculated from the vehicle speed V and the wheel speed Vw.
- the vehicle acceleration A is calculated from the vehicle speed V.
- Calculation of the front wear degree Wf is as follows.
- the control device 110 calculates, as the front tire coefficient Kf, the slope of the line representing the relationship between the slip ratio Sf of the front tire 10 F and the vehicle acceleration A.
- the control device 110 retains the initial value of the front tire coefficient Kf as the initial front tire coefficient KfM in the memory device 120 .
- the control device 110 calculates, as the front wear degree Wf, the amount of change in the front tire coefficient Kf from the initial front tire coefficient KfM.
- Calculation of the rear wear degree Wr is as follows.
- the control device 110 calculates, as the rear tire coefficient Kr, the slope of the line representing the relationship between the slip ratio Sr of the rear tire 10 R and the vehicle acceleration A.
- the control device 110 retains the initial value of the rear tire coefficient Kr as the initial rear tire coefficient KrM in the memory device 120 .
- the control device 110 calculates, as the rear wear degree Wr, the amount of change in the rear tire coefficient Kr from the initial rear tire coefficient KrM.
- the control device 110 When the calculated wear degree parameter WP exceeds the wear threshold Wth, the control device 110 performs the stability factor correction processing. More specifically, the control device 110 corrects the stability factor Kh used for calculating the target yaw rate Yr_st to be a value larger than the default setting value Kh 0 (see FIGS. 7 and 8 ). Typically, the control device 110 rewrites the setting value of the stability factor Kh stored in the memory device 120 . Alternatively, the control device 110 reads the stability factor Kh from the memory device 120 and then multiplies the read stability factor Kh by a correction coefficient.
- the relationship between the wear degree parameter WP and the stability factor Kh as exemplified in FIGS. 7 and 8 may be given as a map.
- the wear degree parameter WP is the front wear degree Wf of the front tire 10 F. In the case where only the front wear degree Wf is used, an effect of reduction in computation load of the control device 110 can be obtained.
- FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing the first example. The processing flow shown in FIG. 10 is repeatedly executed every certain cycle.
- a parameter F is a status flag indicating whether or not any tire coefficient calculated after initialization exists.
- the status flag F is “0”, there is no tire coefficient calculated after the initialization.
- the status flag F is “1”, there is any tire coefficient calculated after the initialization.
- a previous status flag FP indicates a previous value of the status flag F.
- both the status flag F and the previous status flag FP are initialized to “0” in an assembly line of the vehicle 1 .
- both the status flag F and the previous status flag FP are artificially initialized to “0” by the use of a diagnosis tool and the like. The status flag F and the previous status flag FP are still retained even after ignition OFF.
- Step S 100 the control device 110 calculates the front tire coefficient Kf and retains it in the memory device 120 . More specifically, in Step S 110 , the control device 110 calculates the vehicle acceleration A(T) and the slip ratio Sf(T) of the front tire 10 F.
- T is a counter and its initial value is “0”.
- Step S 120 the control device 110 determines whether or not the slip ratio Sf(T) is within a calculation allowable range.
- the calculation allowable range is a range in which there is a proportional relationship between the vehicle acceleration A and the slip ratio Sf.
- the calculation allowable range is defined as a range between a lower limit S 1 and an upper limit S 2 .
- Step S 130 the control device 110 calculates a ratio Kf(T) of the vehicle acceleration A(T) to the slip ratio Sf(T).
- Step S 140 the control device 110 increments the counter T.
- the counter T is less than a predetermined value TI (Step S 150 ; No)
- the processing proceeds to Step S 200 .
- Step S 150 the processing proceeds to Step S 160 .
- Step S 160 the control device 110 calculates an average value of the TI ratios Kf(T) as the front tire coefficient Kf.
- Step S 170 the control device 110 sets the status flag F to “1” and resets the counter T. After that, the processing proceeds to Step S 200 .
- Step S 200 the control device 110 determines whether or not the previous status flag FP is “0” and the status flag F is “1”. When the previous status flag FP is “0” and the status flag F is “1” (Step S 200 ; Yes), the processing proceeds to Step S 300 . Otherwise (Step S 200 ; No), the processing proceeds to Step S 400 .
- Step S 300 the control device 110 retains the front tire coefficient Kf as the initial front tire coefficient KfM in the memory device 120 . After that, the processing proceeds to Step S 400 . It should be noted that the initial front tire coefficient KfM is still retained even after ignition OFF.
- Step S 400 the control device 110 updates the value of the previous status flag FP to the status flag F.
- Step S 500 the control device 110 calculates the wear degree parameter WP.
- the wear degree parameter WP is the front wear degree Wf that is given by the amount of change in the front tire coefficient Kf from the initial front tire coefficient KfM.
- Step S 600 the control device 110 determines whether or not the status flag F is “1” and the wear degree parameter WP is larger than the wear threshold Wth.
- the processing proceeds to Step S 700 . Otherwise (Step S 600 ; No), the processing in the current cycle ends.
- Step S 700 the control device 110 performs the stability factor correction processing described above.
- the wear degree parameter WP is the difference (Wf-Wr) between the front wear degree Wf and the rear wear degree Wr.
- FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing the second example. It should be noted that the same Step number is given to the same or similar processing as in the first example, and an overlapping description will be omitted as appropriate.
- Step S 100 the control device 110 calculates the front tire coefficient Kf and the rear tire coefficient Kr and retains them in the memory device 120 . More specifically, in Step S 110 , the control device 110 calculates the vehicle acceleration A(T), the slip ratio Sf(T) of the front tire 10 F, and the slip ratio Sr(T) of the rear tire 10 R. In Step S 120 , the control device 110 determines whether or not both the slip ratio Sf(T) and the slip ratio Sr(T) are within the calculation allowable range. In Step S 130 , the control device 110 calculates the ratio Kf(T) and a ratio Kr(T). In Step S 160 , the control device 110 calculates an average value of the TI ratios Kf(T) as the front tire coefficient Kf, and calculates an average value of the TI ratios Kr(T) as the rear tire coefficient Kr.
- Step S 300 the control device 110 retains the front tire coefficient Kf as the initial front tire coefficient KfM in the memory device 120 . Moreover, the control device 110 retains the rear tire coefficient Kr as the initial rear tire coefficient KrM in the memory device 120 .
- Step S 500 the control device 110 calculates the wear degree parameter WP.
- the wear degree parameter WP is the difference (Wf ⁇ Wr) between the front wear degree Wf and the rear wear degree Wr.
- the front wear degree Wf is given by the amount of change in the front tire coefficient Kf from the initial front tire coefficient KfM.
- the rear wear degree Wr is given by the amount of change in the rear tire coefficient Kr from the initial rear tire coefficient KrM.
- the other processing is similar to that in the case of the first example.
- the wear degree is calculated based on an “estimated tire radius Ra” instead of the above-described “tire coefficient”.
- the estimated tire radius Ra is an estimated value of a tire radius and can be obtained, for example, by a method disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Literature 2 (Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2008-247126).
- FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing the third example. It should be noted that the same Step number is given to the same or similar processing as in the first example, and an overlapping description will be omitted as appropriate.
- Step S 100 the control device 110 obtains the estimated tire radius Ra and retains it in the memory device 120 . More specifically, in Step S 180 , the control device 110 determines whether or not the estimation processing is permitted. When the estimation processing is not permitted (Step S 180 ; No), the processing in the current cycle ends. When the estimation processing is permitted (Step S 180 ; Yes), the control device 110 starts the estimation processing. When the estimation processing is not yet completed (Step S 181 ; No), the processing proceeds to Step 200 . When the estimation processing is completed (Step S 181 ; Yes), the control device 110 sets the status flag F to “1” (Step S 182 ). After that, the processing proceeds to Step S 200 .
- Step S 300 the control device 110 retains the estimated tire radius Ra as an initial estimated tire radius R 0 in the memory device 120 .
- Step S 500 the control device 110 calculates the wear degree parameter WP.
- the wear degree parameter WP is an amount of change in the estimated tire radius Ra from the initial estimated tire radius R 0 .
- the other processing is similar to that in the case of the first example.
- the status flag F and the previous status flag FP are artificially initialized to “0” at the timings of tire change and tire rotation.
- the status flag F and the previous status flag FP are automatically initialized when an initialization condition is satisfied.
- the initialization condition is exemplified by ignition OFF, stopping for a predetermined time or more, and so forth.
- FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing the fourth example.
- the control device 110 determines whether or not it is an ignition OFF timing. When it is the ignition OFF timing (Step S 10 ; Yes), the processing proceeds to Step S 30 . Otherwise (Step S 10 ; No), the processing proceeds to Step S 20 .
- Step S 20 the control device 110 determines whether or not the vehicle 1 is in the stop state for a predetermined time Ts 1 or more.
- the predetermined time Ts 1 is set to about a time required for the tire change. More specifically, in Step S 21 , the control device 110 determines based on the vehicle speed V whether the vehicle 1 is in the stop state. When the vehicle 1 is not in the stop state (Step S 21 ; No), the control device 110 resets a stop time Ts (Step S 22 ). On the other hand, when the vehicle 1 is in the stop state (Step S 21 ; Yes), the control device 110 increments the stop time Ts (Step S 23 ). When the stop time Ts is equal to or more than the predetermined time Ts 1 (Step S 24 ; Yes), the processing proceeds to Step S 30 . Otherwise (Step S 24 ; No), the processing proceeds to Step S 100 .
- Step S 30 the control device 110 initializes both the status flag F and the previous status flag FP to “0”.
- Steps S 100 to S 700 are performed. Steps S 100 to S 700 are the same as in the case of any of the first to third examples described above.
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